Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Fortress America

Bush visited Al-Asad Air Base -- an enormous, heavily fortified American outpost for 10,000 troops that while technically in Anbar Province in fact has a 13-mile perimeter keeping Iraq -- and Iraqis -- at bay. Bush never left the confines of the base, known as " Camp Cupcake," for its relatively luxurious facilities, but nevertheless announced: "When you stand on the ground here in Anbar and hear from the people who live here, you can see what the future of Iraq can look like."

No anon I'd disagree. Mr McAuley can discuss anything he wants, regardless. And in this he is correct- for Bush to claim he is getting an understanding of the people whilst never leaving his fortified base is nonsensical. He is in essence making things up.

Certainly aspects of Mr McAuley's politics can be disputed, certainly like many on the left he focuses too much on America, but in this single matter he is strictly correct. Debate, but do so meaningfully and correctly.

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